@laurenashbury: What is your biggest concern with the future? I’m not concerned about the future, I’m concerned about the present. On one hand there are so many beautiful things happening in our industry; so many young people wanting to share their stories and make a difference. Advances in technology and social media have given way… Read More @laurenashbury: What is your biggest con

@laurenashbury: What’s a defining moment in your life? When I graduated from high school, and I had this realization that from this moment forward anything I did or didn’t do was entirely up to me. It was very empowering. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight #supportindiefilm #horror #female #indiefilm #film #television #filmmaking #media #art… Read More @laurenashbury: What’s a defining moment

@laurenashbury: Why did you decide to get into this industry? I’ve always been fascinated by it. The collaboration, the stories, the ability to create anything you can imagine in a very real way has always intrigued me. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight #supportindiefilm #horror #female #indiefilm #film #television #filmmaking #media #art #FilmEquality #womeninfilm… Read More @laurenashbury: Why did you decide to ge

What are you working on next? In addition, if people want to find out more about you, where can they find you on social media? I’m @staceymaltin on all the socials or https://www.imdb.me/staceymaltin – We have a feature film in development I’m attached to direct called HEAD and the series LINKED that Marzy and I… Read More What are you working on next? In additio

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What, if anything, do you collect? I keep clothes I would never wear in life again because I think they may be useful for a film someday. I have a mask and a pink feather boa that are going to make it out of my bin one day! . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What,

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What advice do you have for other women in the industry? Find your posse and lift them up the way they lift you up. It all comes back around and having a team that you work with and trust completely, is priceless. Most of all keep going! A million people will tell you… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What a

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What is a successful moment in your career so far? Landing Up having its World Premiere at the Chinese Theater at Dances With Films in Los Angeles and then being nominated for Best Feature Film at SOHO Film Festival where I was also nominated for Best Actress! The night we signed the distribution… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What i

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What is your biggest concern with the future? I’m concerned that studios and even large independent companies will be so concerned with appealing to everybody that films end up appealing to nobody. I want to see stories about underrepresented people continue to flourish because I think the greatest function of film is to… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What i

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What’s a defining moment in your life? When I started taking ownership over the stories that I’m interested in telling instead of relying on other people to write and tell those stories. Putting yourself out there as a writer can be really scary especially as a writer who also acts. The validation of… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: What’s

@staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: Why did you decide to get into this industry? I’ve been acting since I was a little kid – my first show was playing a little boy in the musical Oliver! Strangely, that was not my last time getting cast as a little boy. It became very clear to me when I was… Read More @staceymaltin @bestiesmakemovies: Why di